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And our goal here was to get this legislation passed and then start working on comprehensive immigration reform.

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Yeah, right. If this bill had passed, the Democrats would have said, "We've fixed the border so we don't need to do anything more." He's also contradicting himself when he says that they didn't meet at the 50 yard line, but at the 10 yard line. If the bill was so skewed toward enforcement, what would have been left for the "comprehensive immigration reform?"

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• New emergency authority that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to "shut down" the border if there are too many migrants trying to cross.
• Any migrant who tried to cross illegally two or more times during a border emergency would be barred from the U.S. for a year.
• The bill would also end the practice of "catch and release." If passed into law, the bill would allow migrants who come to the border through lawful ports of entry and families to enter the U.S. under federal supervision for 90 days while they complete asylum interviews. Those who pass would receive work permits as they await adjudication of their claims. Those who fail would be removed from the U.S. and repatriated to their home countries or to Mexico.
• The bill would mandate detaining migrants who try to enter the U.S. outside of official ports of entry, pending any asylum claims. Those who fail would also be removed.
• The bill allocates funding for repatriation flights up to 77 per day.
• The bill also raises the "credible fear" standard during interviews for asylum claims, largely by front-loading consideration of whether migrants have disqualifying criminal histories, whether they lived safely in third countries before trying to cross into the U.S. and whether they could safely relocate within their own countries.
• The bill would add new flexibility for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol to make new hires, seeking to address staffing shortages.
• The package also includes bipartisan sweeteners, including the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which would target, sanction and block the financial assets of people involved in the fentanyl supply chain, from chemical suppliers in China to drug traffickers from Mexico.

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Lankford, the chief GOP negotiator, touted the asylum and immigration changes in the legislation.

"The border security bill will put a huge number of new enforcement tools in the hands of a future administration and push the current Administration to finally stop the illegal flow," he said in a statement. "The bill provides funding to build the wall, increase technology at the border, and add more detention beds, more agents, and more deportation flights. The border security bill ends the abuse of parole on our southwest border that has waived in over a million people. It dramatically changes our ambiguous asylum laws by conducting fast screenings at a higher standard of evidence, limited appeals, and fast deportation."

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., praised the bill for providing "direct and immediate solutions to the crisis at our southern border." He added that America's sovereignty "is being tested here at home" and that adversaries are watching.

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• It didn't provide a solution for DREAMERS
• It didn't do anything to crack down on employers hiring illegal immigrants
• It didn't do anything to address our dependence on immigrant labor through a work visa program or some other solution

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Here's what GOP leadership said about it at the time:

Lankford, the chief GOP negotiator, touted the asylum and immigration changes in the legislation.

"The border security bill will put a huge number of new enforcement tools in the hands of a future administration and push the current Administration to finally stop the illegal flow," he said in a statement. "The bill provides funding to build the wall, increase technology at the border, and add more detention beds, more agents, and more deportation flights. The border security bill ends the abuse of parole on our southwest border that has waived in over a million people. It dramatically changes our ambiguous asylum laws by conducting fast screenings at a higher standard of evidence, limited appeals, and fast deportation."

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"This was not meeting the Republicans on the 50 yard line, this was meeting them on the 10 yard line," Kelly said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," referring to the bipartisan border bill that would have imposed tough overhauls on the border, but was killed after Trump pressured GOP lawmakers to vote against it.
"On their side of the field, we realized, we've got to get operational control over the border. I realized this, Kamala Harris realizes this, and this legislation was going to do that," he added. "And our goal here was to get this legislation passed and then start working on comprehensive immigration reform. But this was stopped dead in its tracks by Donald Trump because he wanted to have this as an election issue. Like a lot of other Republicans, they don't actually want to solve this problem."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/sen-mark-kelly-rips-trump-role-killing-bipartisan-border-bill-rcna164443

Mark Kelly is lying. The fake Border Bill was designed to fail. It contained nearly $4 billion in funding for NGOs that are directing illegals into & throughout our country.

Biden created the border crisis through his Jan 2021 Executive Orders. He could also solve it instantly. https://t.co/l4DuNEFgdv

— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) July 31, 2024

mark kelly is leftist scum that condones the lefts border invasion to destroy our country

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Here's what GOP leadership said about it at the time:

Lankford, the chief GOP negotiator, touted the asylum and immigration changes in the legislation.

"The border security bill will put a huge number of new enforcement tools in the hands of a future administration and push the current Administration to finally stop the illegal flow," he said in a statement. "The bill provides funding to build the wall, increase technology at the border, and add more detention beds, more agents, and more deportation flights. The border security bill ends the abuse of parole on our southwest border that has waived in over a million people. It dramatically changes our ambiguous asylum laws by conducting fast screenings at a higher standard of evidence, limited appeals, and fast deportation."

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All of that required approval of the President before it could proceed.

What makes you think Biden would have given approval?

Notice what Lankford said regarding his negotiated bill. The bill gives enforcement tools to a future GOP Administration.

If those enforcement tools could only come from approval of a President, then Lankford full well knew they would be blocked in the same manner by Oldfinger.

Dead on arrival because it did nothing but guarantee a steady flow of illegal aliens while delaying any chance of real enforcement on the border.

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Claverack said:

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Here's what GOP leadership said about it at the time:

Lankford, the chief GOP negotiator, touted the asylum and immigration changes in the legislation.

"The border security bill will put a huge number of new enforcement tools in the hands of a future administration and push the current Administration to finally stop the illegal flow," he said in a statement. "The bill provides funding to build the wall, increase technology at the border, and add more detention beds, more agents, and more deportation flights. The border security bill ends the abuse of parole on our southwest border that has waived in over a million people. It dramatically changes our ambiguous asylum laws by conducting fast screenings at a higher standard of evidence, limited appeals, and fast deportation."

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All of that required approval of the President before it could proceed.

What makes you think Biden would have given approval?

Notice what Lankford said regarding his negotiated bill. The bill gives enforcement tools to a future GOP Administration.

If those enforcement tools could only come from approval of a President, then Lankford full well knew they would be blocked in the same manner by Oldfinger.

Dead on arrival because it did nothing but guarantee a steady flow of illegal aliens while delaying any chance of real enforcement on the border.

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A couple other folks also mentioned that Dems wouldn't have enforced the law. I'm going to respond to you here because you're making a more thoughtful case than most, which I appreciate, so thank you.

The gist of the argument is, "We didn't pass the bill because the Dems wouldn't have enforced it anyway. Any Dem who says they would have enforced it is a stupid, commie liar." That is weak sauce for two reasons.

First, even if that was a real concern, you still pass the bill, call the Dems out if they don't take action and then you at least have the legislation in place the next time a Republican administration is in power. You still dare the Dems to decline action even if you think they aren't sincere. Seriously, this is the only reasonable thing to do.

Second, after the bill got shot down, Biden did take executive action to reduce asylum claims while illegal crossings were up. But, it would have been preferable to have the legislation in place to more explicitly authorize the action. This is what makes me think he would have given approval to act. Since he finally took action without the legislation, it's disingenuous to say he wouldn't have taken action with the bill in place.

You have to do some serious mental gymnastics to think either of these lines of reasoning hold any water. The only folks who sound more silly are the ones in west Austin who can't muster an argument beyond, "hur dur, you dummy with your facts and logic."

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nu awlins ag said:

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Spitting facts, like out of his ass facts? As been stated, nothing needed to be done since Trump already had a plan in place. All that needed to be done was enforce it, but it went against the liberal agenda.

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nu awlins ag said:

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Spitting facts, like out of his ass facts? As been stated, nothing needed to be done since Trump already had a plan in place. All that needed to be done was enforce it, but it went against the liberal agenda.

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He had the power to enforce border law.

Let's see if the Biden groupies can explain why he failed to use those powers as his predecessor did to strong effect.

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nu awlins ag said:

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nu awlins ag said:

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Spitting facts, like out of his ass facts? As been stated, nothing needed to be done since Trump already had a plan in place. All that needed to be done was enforce it, but it went against the liberal agenda.

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He had the power to enforce border law.

Let's see if the Biden groupies can explain why he failed to use those powers as his predecessor did to strong effect.

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Exactly my point. Same with gun laws. After each shooting they have to pass "another law" instead of forcing what's already on the books. That way if the law isn't passed they can point fingers. Liberals are truly a bunch of stupid and disingenuous people.

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agaberto said:

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I love Trump, but people that think millions of illegals didn't get into this country in his term and are now living here are just burring their head in the sand. If Trump was the toughest President we have ever had on illegal immigration, and I think he was, and he could NOT stop the massive flow of illegals with the tools he had, then Congress needs to pass laws to give the President more power.

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